Zipline vs boxd

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Zipline compared with boxd
Detail	Zipline	boxd
What it does	One thread for every AI assistant you use	Composable computers for devs and agents
Stage	MVP	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	IE	NL
Pricing model	Free trial	Not given
Pricing	Not given	Credit-based pricing: €0.039 per vCPU-hour (active only), €0.012 per GiB-hour for RAM (memory in use), €0.00008 per GiB-hour for disk (written space only). New accounts receive €30 in free credits. A typical 2 vCPU / 8 GiB machine costs approximately €0.03 per hour while running (with 10% vCPU activ
Key features	TypeScript SDK MCP server integration	Hardware-isolated Linux VMs with persistent state between sessions Snapshots and checkpoints for machine state management Automatic hibernation after 4 hours idle, paying for disk only Pre-installed tools: Claude Code, Docker, Node, Python, Go, git, Chrome, ffmpeg, nginx Public HTTPS URL per machine with custom domain support Egress allowlist for network security and isolation CLI, API, Python and TypeScript SDKs for automation Integration with GitHub, Linear and Slack across all machines
What makes it different	Single conversation thread across multiple AI assistants Works in native AI assistant apps without switching Uses open standard MCP for integrations Automatic task pickup for Claude and Grok Full user control with pause and revoke options	Hardware-isolated real VMs instead of containers, with full kernel isolation Persistent machines remember running processes and state between disconnects Pay only for active resources used, not provisioned size Free self-hosting up to 16 vCPUs on your own infrastructure
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	44 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	8
Citation Flow (Majestic)	15	37
Referring domains (Majestic)	3	151

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